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Well, what a joy it is today to be back to 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and to be able to look ahead to the weeks that lie before us as we will study together this marvelous section of Scripture. In our exposition of 2 Corinthians we find ourselves in chapter 4 at verse 7 looking at the theme, "Priceless treasure in clay pots." We see it there in verse 7, "We have this treasure," writes Paul, "in earthen vessels."
And as I told you in our first message in this series, the Lord is pleased to choose the humblest and lowliest and weakest servants to carry His transforming truth. He has put the priceless treasure of new covenant saving gospel truth in clay pots. And we only need briefly to be reminded that back in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 and verse 26, Paul said, "For consider, brethren, your calling that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen the things that are not that He might nullify the things that are in order that no man should boast before God." God finds pleasure in clay pots in which to place His glorious treasured truth.
Jesus in Matthew chapter 11 and verse 25 said, "I praise Thee, O Father Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the wise and intelligent and has revealed them to babes for, Father, it was thus well pleasing in Your sight." God is pleased to put profound truth in clay pots. That is the rich contrast of this passage that is before us, the contrast between the priceless inestimable value of the treasure of the saving gospel of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ and the weak, homely, imperfect, replaceable human containers that it comes in.
And why is this being discussed here? Well, you know the background. Paul was being attacked in Corinth. That beloved congregation to which he had given so much of his heart and soul and time and energy had been invaded by false teachers. They wanted to replace Paul so they could teach lies. In order to do that they needed to discredit him and so they started a full-blown character assassination effort against him. And he was attacked as being inept, unimpressive in appearance, in fact, downright ugly, blemished. And they said his speech was contemptible. He was plain and common and weak and unimpressive. He had no personal attractiveness, he was not charming, he was not clever, he had no persona, he had no oratorical talent to win the masses to the gospel. And so they began by just assaulting him in his own personal characteristics. The attack, of course, was part of an all-out effort to destroy the confidence of the Corinthians in him so they would then turn the false teachers and listen to their demonic doctrines.
Well, it was important that Paul defend himself, not for the sake of himself but for the sake of his platform in order to preserve the truth so that the people would continue to listen to him as the voice of God....it was crucial that he defend himself. He didn't want them to follow the false apostles into false and demonic doctrine. He wanted them to stay with the truth and so they had to stay with him who was the preacher of truth. So he was in the dilemma of having to defend himself and yet not be proud or boastful or self-serving.
As we saw last time, he does it in a most remarkable and a most virtuous and a most godly way. He defends himself remarkably by agreeing with them. That's right. They said he was weak, imperfect, frail, replaceable, common, homely, unimpressive and contemptible. And he said you're right, you're exactly right. That's exactly what I am. And those very realities about me are the things which prove to you that whatever happens through my life must be the power of God. He turns their accusations on them in a brilliant stroke of inspired genius and shows that the very thing for which they criticize him is the badge of his authenticity and the evidence of his legitimacy. His deformities, and he may well have been a bent-over hunchback Jew with a severe eye deformity that caused the Galatians to want to give him their eyes, something ugly to look at and certainly was plain...he certainly was. He after all spoke only of the cross, he said, "I'm determined to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified," and in this chapter he said, "And I preach Jesus as Lord, and that's it, I don't come to you with human wisdom." He was plain and he was simple and he was direct and he wasn't much to look at and he wasn't a great orator and they condemned him for all of that. And they basically said the reason that everybody doesn't respond to you and the reason you get rejected and the reason you're persecuted and the reason you're shunned and the reason that you're mocked and the reason you're chased out of town and thrown in prison is in part because you are just offensive...you're just not the kind of person that we need to win the masses. And if you were different that we might be winning the masses to this Christian movement.
And rather than try to defend himself and find a few folk who will tell him he's actually cute if you look at him long enough, or somebody who will say, "Well frankly I like your speaking style," or whatever else, he just agrees with them. And he says you're absolutely right. All of those things are true. I am nothing but clay baked hard, I'm nothing more than a garbage pail for that's what they used those earthen vessels for. I'm nothing more than a garbage pail but there's a treasure in me and by my very weakness you ought to be able to see in contrast the tremendous truth of that treasure.
So in this section he unfolds a kind of defense that is a most unique approach, a magnificent tribute to the true-heartedness of this man and I think a great lesson for every Christian. After all, Paul said, "Be ye followers of me as I am of Christ," so whatever he was doing with his life he was patterning after Christ and we ought to pattern after him.
As we flow through verse 7 through 15 a number of characteristics unfold. These are the characteristics of this noble man. These are the elements of his defense. The first one is he affirms that the effective servant of God, the effective messenger of Jesus Christ is humble. In verse 7 he says, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves. This treasure,"...what's that?...the gospel, the new covenant...this glorious truth indicated at least in part in verse 6..."that the light of the knowledge of the glory of God is shining in the face of Christ." That is to say that Christ is God incarnate. He says we have this vast incomprehensible priceless reality in a clay pot. I admit it, I'm a clay pot.
Clay pots, earthen vessels were commonly used for dishonorable purposes as we note in 2 Timothy 2:20. They were cheap, common, replaceable, valueless and homely. Their only value was in the service that they performed. They had no intrinsic worth whatsoever. And they had accused Paul of being weak and unimpressive and plain and common and not clever and non-intellectual and all the rest of it and nothing to look at and certainly nothing to hear. And how does he answer them? He says,"You're right, I am a clay pot. But you know something? God chooses clay pots in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves." It makes it very, very clear where the power is coming from. It puts God's power and God's glory on display.
I mean, this is a tremendous rebuke to them because on the one hand they're saying, "Well look, many people reject you, many people turn their back on you, they hate you, they want to kill you. Among the Gentiles they're seeking your life. Among the Jews they're plotting to kill you. Look how unpopular. Look how offensive you are. You're nothing. It's because of your lousy persona. It's because of your inept oratory. It's because of your commonness and your plainness. It's because of that offensive confrontiveness that you're characterized by as you preach repentance and the cross and all of that. It's because you constantly hammer on the lordship of Christ. Everything about you is offensive." And Paul's answer to them is, "Well, I'm just a clay pot but let me put the burden of proof on you. If that's true then you explain how it is that my life has been so mightily used. Don't look at the people who haven't been converted and say because he's nothing, look at the trail of converts and ask yourself how did it happen. You say I'm nothing then I say to you, God is everything because look what's happened through my life, that's the implication here. And the more nothing I am the more everything God is manifest to be. God delights in such clay pots because it leaves no question about the source of power, it leaves no question about the fact that whatever is happening must be God. By your own admission you just said it couldn't be me."
People are not converted by human skills. They're not converted by intellect. They're not converted by ingenuity. They're not converted by genius. They're converted by God. And all God needs to do that is the truth in a clay pot.
Now I don't want for a moment to say that Paul didn't have a brilliant mind because he did. He had a brilliant mind. Maybe one of the greatest minds of his time. But he never really used that in the presentation of the gospel. You know what he did? He had his own sort of private personal gnosis. He sort of went through his own self-emptying and took his immense intellectual powers and set them aside and never did he try to reason people into salvation, he just preached the cross and the lordship of Christ and left the saving to God. He had his own self-emptying like his Lord had. And he reduced himself to the commonest simplest level, a clay pot. He saved his immense intellectual powers, his tremendous mind for the great epistles that he wrote to the believers to articulate to them the profound realities of their faith and the meaning of Christ and His work.
But God moved evangelistically through the man in great simplicity. And really the burden of proof then falls upon the people who are saying that if he had any personal charm he'd be more effective because they had to answer how is he effective at all if he has nothing? And the answer is God must be at work in him, how else can you explain all these converts, thousands and thousands? How can you explain all these churches that have been founded, established, nurtured and are growing and developing? You see, the weakness of the preacher doesn't limit the gospel at all. The weakness of the preacher assists the gospel. The weakness of the preacher is not fatal to gospel preaching it is essential to it. So that brief review of verse 7, the first characteristic that we saw in our last time is that the servant of God is humble. And God moves mightily through that humility.
But secondly, as we flow through the text, there's another characteristic of the Lord's servant, the Lord's servant while being humble is also invincible. And what a wonderful parallel this is. Yes he's a clay pot, fragile, breakable, replaceable, valueless. But don't underestimate him either. He doesn't want to be overestimated but he doesn't want to be underestimated either. This is a marvelous partner to humility. And it's provided for us in a series of paradoxes in verses 8 and 9, four contrasts to show that this weakness doesn't cripple him, this weakness doesn't destroy him but it strengthens him. In fact, it's essential and not fatal to the fulfillment of his duty.
Read with me verses 8 and 9, follow along, "We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not despairing, persecuted but not forsaken and struck down but not destroyed." Here is a humble man but here is an invincible man. Here is a man who is very, very well aware of all of his weaknesses. But at the same time, in those weaknesses he is mighty.
Look over at chapter 12 for a moment and let me again review the verses...verse 7 through 10. In order to keep him humble, verse 7 says, God gave him a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan, and I think that was the leader of the Corinthian conspiracy, the leading false teacher in Corinth, the one who was carrying the assault against him. And Paul went to the Lord three times and asked that the Lord might take that away, that the Lord might deal with that man, eliminate him. But He said to me, verse 9, and here's the principle, "My grace is sufficient for you for power is perfected in weakness." The weaker you are in your own strength the stronger you are in Mine. So Paul responds by saying, "Most gladly therefore I will rather boast about my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me, therefore I'm well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties for Christ's sake for when I'm weak then I'm strong."
You see, he finds his strength in his weakness because it's God's strength. When he recognizes in his humility that he is absolutely nothing, that he's a clay pot, that his speech is contemptible and his presence is unimpressive, when he realizes that there's nothing about him in the physical realm to attract people, he's cast then on the power of God. And that's the whole point. And as he does that, as he is completely humbled, he finds the power of God is expressed in his life and in his brokenness and in his humility and in his simplicity, he is invincible because the power of God takes over.
Now he was not just a clay pot, he was a mercilessly battered jar at that. He was hammered all his life long by people trying to break that clay pot into a thousand pieces. Back n chapter 1 of this epistle he says in verse 5, "The sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance." Down in verse 8 he says, "We were burdened excessively beyond our strength so that we despaired even of life, indeed we had the sentence of death within ourselves in order that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead." In other words, he says my life was full of suffering, every day I faced death...day in, day out I faced death. It was just a way of life for him.
Back in 1 Corinthians, the first letter that he wrote them, chapter 4, listen to what he says. Verse 11, 1 Corinthians 4, "To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, roughly treated and homeless. We toil working with our own hands, when we are reviled we bless, when we are persecuted we endure, when we are slandered we try to conciliate, we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now." We are not popular. The world looks at us as scum, filth, dregs. It was always like that for him.
Second Corinthians chapter 6, look what he says in verse 4,"M"Much endurance, afflictions, hardships, distresses," then verse 5,"B"Beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness, hunger." Verse 10, "Sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich, having nothing yet possessing all things." This was his life. I mean, it was endless, it was just the way it always was. In chapter 11 he says in far more labors, imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death, five times he received 39 lashes, he was beaten with rods three times, once stoned, three times shipwrecked. He had been in danger from journeys and robbers and countrymen and Gentiles and labor and hardships, sleepless nights, hunger, thirst, without food, cold and exposure. It's all he ever knew really in his life. But all of that assaulting never destroyed him. All of that assaulting never caused him to be crushed. There is an invincibility in this noble servant of God because when he's run to the end of his own resources, the power of God takes over. And anyone who serves Christ should learn to embrace that suffering and embrace that pain as a friend because when you're falsely accused, when you're maligned and reviled and slandered and all of that, it's destructive to you. But having destroyed, you people are then left to have to explain the impact of your life.
Okay, I've been through all of that, I've received it all. Now you've said I'm nothing, everybody thinks I'm nothing, the truth is I am nothing, I have been crushed down to nothing. Now you explain the impact of my life. How did it happen? How is it happening? What is the power? And there's no other explanation but that it is the power of God. And if it is the power of God then I am the servant of God and your accusations are wrong. It's a powerful rebuttal. All that assaulting on the Apostle made him less able to trust in himself and more able to trust in God and that made him more powerful. And so everybody had to explain how it was happening if this man was nothing but a clay pot.
Look at what he says in verse 8, first of four contrasts. "We are afflicted in every way but not crushed." Afflicted is fromthlibo, the Greek verb that means to be subject to pressure, to be under pressure. We talk about pressure today, we think we're under pressure. We don't know what pressure is until you wake up every day and face death. That was Paul. Every day he woke up with the sentence of death within himself...every day he faced the reality that somebody could take his life and somebody wanted to take his life and probably somebody was trying. He was under pressure, the pressure of just making it through the day without being assassinated. And then he had the pressure of the care of the churches which burdened his heart as he says in chapter 11 verse 28. And then there was the pressure or the despair of disappointment. So many times he was disappointed. The verb means to be hemmed in, to be pressed, to be pushed, pressured. But he said, in all of that we're not crushed. He uses the plural pronoun again as he so often does, and he maybe including others who are with him, but primarily he uses it just because he doesn't like to use the singular pronoun. It's an expression of his humility. He says we've been pressured but never crushed. Pressed...pressed into a confined space so that it looked like there was no escape and he could always triumph.
Secondly, he says perplexed but not despairing. In the Greek it's aporeo but not exaporeo. Perplexed means to be at a loss but not at a total loss, to be at wit's end but there's still a way out, to be despondent but not despairing, being at a loss but not having lost. Paul says you can push me right down to the bottom and when you get to the bottom you're going to find strength, the strength of God.
Then he adds thirdly in verse 9, "Persecuted but not forsaken."Dioko, that's the word to pursue, it's used of hunting an animal. It's a word for stalking, he was stalked. They stalked him to kill him. They wanted him dead. They went after him day in and day out.
Trying to snuff out his life, the Jews were plotting daily to kill him. The Gentiles pursued every possible angle and avenue when he'd come into town and stir up the city to get rid of him. He was stalked like a hunted animal for the purpose of killing. But he was not forsaken. What does that mean? He was never really alone. The word means to be deserted or to be abandoned. It can be mean to be in difficulty that is impossible. He says you can run me right out to the end like a hunted animal and there's going to be someone there to deliver me.
And lastly he says "Struck down but not destroyed." The word literally means to strike someone with a weapon. In ancient times they might use a great broad sword to smash against someone, they might use a great stick or a rod or a sphere or whatever it might be or just a blow of the fist or a blow of the forearm. It's a word used in combat, it's a word used in wrestling, it's a word used in boxing, when the KO blow is given or when the wrestler flings his opponent to the mat and pins him. He says...Look, I've been knocked down, I've been slammed to the mat, I've been kayoed but I've never been destroyed, never to perish, to quit, to stop."
Now all four of those descriptions picture severe assaults in some kind of a combat area in dealing with adversaries and enemies. And he says through all of it I have survived. And I remind you that triumph is not escaping adversity, it is defeating it. And the question...the question that the false accusers have to answer is...how do you explain the impact of this guy's life, how do you explain the continuity of it, the zeal of it, the faithfulness of it, the fact that he never wavers, he keeps moving, he keeps preaching, he keeps confronting, nothing changes and tremendously powerful things happen when you know it isn't him? It can't be him. It must be God. There's no human is going to take that kind of abuse on his own in his own strength, that kind of an onslaught in his resources and still maintain his joy, maintain his peace, keep preaching the same message. He was invincible. And the less of Paul there was the more invincible power was manifest. He was strong when he was weak. He was strongest when he was weakest because therein the power of Christ took over.
What a tremendous, tremendous testimony. He said, "For me to live is Christ, to die is gain." "I am now ready to be offered, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith." He was ready to go. See, he had no fear of death and if you have no fear of death you have no fear in life from the physical side. And secondly, if you have no fear of defamation then you have no fear of anything anybody says. Paul had no fear of anybody. He didn't fear what they did to him. All they could do was kill him and that was a promotion. He had no fear of what they said about him because the more they said about him the less significant he became and the less significant he became the more the power of Christ was manifest. And the more they destroyed him as a person the more they had to explain how the things that were happening through him were happening if it wasn't God. And if it was God, that's pretty convicting for the critics. The harder they stomped on him, the more he became the man God wanted him to be. He didn't mind dying so he had no fear of life...nothing in life could frighten him because the ultimate thing to fear is death. And if you're not afraid of that, what else is there to be afraid of? And he didn't want to keep his reputation at all, he didn't mind abandoning that because when he was nothing Christ was everything so what are you going to do to the guy? You can't do anything to him. Invincible. It wasn't his personality or his reputation or his prestige, or popularity that was at stake and it certainly wasn't his life. In fact, I'm sure there were many times when he would have wished to leave and go to heaven...he said so, "Far better to depart and be with Christ."
Here's a loyal witness to the Christian gospel who is manifest as humble and invincible. Let me give you a third characteristic this morning...sacrificial...sacrificial. He didn't mind giving himself away. As I said, he didn't fear death and he didn't fear slander, he didn't fear what people could do to him physically and he didn't fear what they could do to him verbally because there was purpose in his suffering. Whether it was physical persecution or whether it was this tremendous hostility brought against him in the ruinous accusations of his reputation...it didn't really matter because this whole thing had such purpose. Look at verse 10. And here in this verse 10 and 11 actually, he explains the significance of his suffering. He gave you a little litany of his suffering in verses 8 and 9. He gave you some paradoxes. Now he interprets them. He says they all boil down to always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus that the life of Jesus also may be manifest in our body. Now that's the explanation of his suffering. You see, all of that suffering, whether we were afflicted or whether we were perplexed or persecuted or struck down...any or all of that is simply carrying about in my body the dying of Jesus. And so he elevates his suffering to this marvelous level.
Notice the word "always." It was unrelieved suffering. First Corinthians 15:31 Paul says, "I die daily." Romans 8:36 he says,"We're being put to death all day long." It was every day. We are always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, always. It's just a way of life. I get up every morning, it's the same thing. All of my sufferings, he says, need to be understood that way. They are a carrying about in my body of the dying of Jesus.
What does he mean by that? What is he saying here? Well he's saying it's not really me that they want to kill, it's Jesus. This daily facing death is really the dying of Jesus. You see, the people who hated Jesus were still around and they couldn't express their hatred to Jesus since He had died and rose and ascended into heaven and wasn't there. So what they did was they went after the people who named His name. They went after the people who associated with Him who preached His gospel. They took their hatred for Jesus and put it on the agent, Paul. Hate for Jesus was directed at him. So he says all of this effort to kill me isn't really me. Do you think they're trying to kill me because I'm a lousy speaker? Do you think they're trying to kill me because I have limited oratorical skills? Do you think they're trying to kill me because I'm homely? The world is full of people who can't speak very well and are homely, they're not trying to kill them. They're trying to kill me because they're trying to kill Christ. You remember now, the false apostles had said well the reason Paul is persecuted all the time, the reason he has all this...all these problems is because he has a secret hidden life of sin under the surface and this is God and God is letting him be persecuted and punished. And they said it was for his sin. They refer...he refers to that back in verse 2 where he reminds them he had renounced the things hidden because of shame. He says no, he says my dying isn't the dying of Paul. I'm not dying for something I'm doing. They're not hating me because of me. They're not trying to kill me because of me. They're trying to kill me because of Jesus.
"Always carrying," that verb is a present tense perpetual continual verb..perpetual exposure to death constantly all the time every day. It shouldn't surprise him. Jesus said in Matthew 10,"T"The servant is not above his master and the disciple is not above his teacher and if they persecute the master and the teacher, they're going to persecute the disciple and the servant." Jesus said in that Matthew 10 chapter, He said, "Now there's going to come a time when they haul you away and they punish you and there's going to come a time when people in your own family will seek to kill you and don't be surprised." Don't be surprised.
In John 15 Jesus said essentially the same thing in verses 18 to 21. They're going to persecute you. They're going to try to kill you because of Me. They're going to do it for My sake. Because they hate Christ they'll hate you. So he says I'm just constantly carrying about in my body the dying of Jesus. It isn't my life they want, it's Jesus life they want. They can't get Him, they get me in His place.
You talk about a death as having occurred or you talk about someone in the process of dying as something that's ongoing. Paul says I'm in a process of dying. It's just an ongoing process, like someone who has a terminal illness and they just get closer and closer and closer to death every day. It emphasizes the ongoing suffering every day, every day, every day I'm in this process of dying. Every time he suffered whips on his back, every time he suffered rods flagellating his flesh, every time somebody crushed a stone against his body he says in Galatians 6:17, "I bear in my body the marks of Jesus." Those scars, every one that he ever found, every one he could ever find and see on his arms or his shoulders or every scar he may have had on his hands or anywhere else during the times of persecution, every scar on his wrist rubbed raw down to the bone by the stocks in which he was kept captive and around his ankles, every one of those scars on his body was a scar that marked out a suffering for Christ. It was the dying of Jesus that he was going through, not the dying of Paul really.
He says in Colossians 1:24, "I fill up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions." Jesus was relentlessly stalked and ruthlessly hunted by His enemies. He lived in the face of death until He died on the cross. And now they've taken up the hunt and they're going after Paul and the others who preach Christ. But it was a necessary thing, it was okay because he says while I'm going through this process of dying it is so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
You know what happened? Here was this battered, bruised, hammered, maligned, persecuted, assaulted man, crushed down to nothing and in his nothingness Christ's life was being manifest. How else could you explain what he was able to do? How else could you explain the courage of his preaching and unflinching? How else could you explain the transformation of lives among the Jews and the Gentiles? How else could you explain the overturning of a synagogue as people come to faith who have all their life long been plowing through the furrow of Judaism? How else can you explain total pagans with no knowledge of the true God coming to faith in Christ by hearing him preach a sermon in an afternoon in their city square? How else can you explain the founding of churches? How else can you explain more young people growing up ready to give their lives for the cause of Christ? How do you explain this in this crushed man?
Because the life of Jesus is being manifested in his body. That's the only reason for his courage. That's the only reason that he would continue to risk death. That's the reason for his power. So both the death and life of Jesus was simultaneously working in Paul. There's nothing mystical about this. This is how it is every day. He's getting killed and Christ is being made alive. And whatever is happening is happening through Christ. "I am crucified with Christ," Paul says to the Galatians, I'm dying. "Nevertheless I live, yet it's not I it's Christ living in me." The life of Christ was manifest. He had learned in whatsoever state he was to be content. He knew how to be abased and how to abound. Why? Because he was...he could be strengthened in all things in Christ.
When he says "in our body" he means his earthly physical life. On one side he was exposed constantly to forces that were killing him. On the other side he was exposed to a conqueror, namely the Lord Jesus Christ who was infusing his life with such power that he was literally overturning the world. And don't you know that God gets such glory out of this, taking clay pot and putting in it the treasure? And there shouldn't have been a question in anybody's mind where the power was coming from. So here are the critics. They condemn Paul for all of his physical inabilities and Paul says you're right and that's precisely why you can't explain what happens in my life other than the power of God. And if the power of God is flowing through me, you better silence yourself when you criticize.
After that marvelous truth is stated in verse 10, it is reiterated in verse 11 as he reinforces it. "For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh." He says it again, "We who live." What do you mean? Those who possess spiritual life, those who have the life of Jesus, those who preach and witness and live for Christ are constantly being delivered over. That's a word used to take a prisoner and hand him over to the executioner. It's the very word used to describe the time when Jesus was handed over to the crucifiers. We who are constantly being delivered over to physical death as a result of the hatred of men toward Christ, we who are suffering for Jesus' sake are suffering so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our humanness.
That's just such a profound thought. It causes you to understand why Paul would say at the end of this tremendous epistle, "I...I'm content with weaknesses, I'm...I'm content with insults, distresses, persecutions and difficulties for Christ's sake, for when I'm weak then I'm strong." I don't know about you but I want to get to the end of myself, I want to get crushed down until there's no more John MacArthur left and it's all God.
The life of jeopardy suited Paul fine because it made him weak and in his weakness and in his inability he cast himself on the power of God. He says the purpose for this sacrifice is so that the life of Jesus also may be manifest, so that the power and the life of Christ might shine through me. You see, he saw...he saw his suffering as a purposeful sacrifice that resulted in power.
So how do you mark out the servant of God? He's humble. He sees himself as nothing in himself. He's invincible. When he's gotten to rock bottom you're going to hit the power source. And he sees himself as sacrificial because he knows that the greater the sacrifice of himself, the greater the usefulness and the manifestation of the power of Christ. Sacrifice is the path to power. And all through life I see a cross where sons of God yield up their breath. There is no gain except by loss. There is no life except by death. There is no vision but by faith, no glory but in bearing shame. No justice but in taking blame. And that eternal Savior's claim, be emptied now of right and name.
Sacrifice...the path to power. It all comes to this...it all comes to this. In the measure that I am humble, in the measure that I am invincible, in the measure that I am sacrificial, I will be useful. Criticize me all you want, attack me physically, come against me to destroy me physically, come against me to destroy my reputation, mock me, revile me, slander me, accuse me falsely, destroy me and then you're going to have to back up and explain me. You're going to have to ask the question...how is it that if he is what we say he is, if he is so weak, so inept that God so uses him? That's Paul's defense. And there's more to come.
Father, thank You again for Your Word this morning. Thank You for a look at this noble servant who sets the pattern for all of us. How thrilling it is to see this man's life and character. And, Lord, we would desire that as Paul was like his Lord, we would be like him. We're just garbage pails, clay pots in which the treasure is contained and the more invisible we are, the less significance we have the more the glory of the treasure shines. May we be humble, may we find at the bottom of our self-emptying the invincible power released. May we be willing to give our lives away in sacrifice because we know that sacrifice will manifest Your strength. Father, we thank You for giving us the ministry of new covenant truth, of standing up and naming the name of Christ boldly in our world, no matter what it brings. And just give us a little bit of Paul's character. We don't know what it means to wake up every morning and wonder if we're going to die because of Christ. We don't know what it is to have our name and our character slandered every day mercilessly and relentlessly. And we wonder whether we would be able to endure as Paul endured and whether we would so totally manifest Your power in that circumstance. Lord, give us the strength in our little ways of having to endure suffering, those little insults, those small threats that come against us for Christ's sake to at least be faithful there and to find in our own humility and our own sacrifice the great power that can make us useful to You in Your Kingdom. Help us to know that there's no merit in just suffering but there's wonderful commendation in suffering for the sake of Jesus. There's no virtue in just inflicting pain upon ourselves. There's nothing to be gained there. We don't need to become monastics and monks, we don't need to deprive ourselves thinking we can gain meritoriously with You. There's no need to inflict pain on us as some have done, flagellating themselves and cutting themselves through the centuries even of Your church and even until modern times. The only gain is when we suffer because we have been faithful to Jesus Christ. In the small ways in which we suffer, keep us faithful and may we embrace our pain and our suffering and find in that weakness Your strength that Christ might be made manifested through our humanness and that they'll be no way to explain our lives except that it is the power of God, the life of Christ. That should silence the critics. We pray these things in Christ's name. Amen.
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Oct. 20, 1940: Mrs. Edwin Benson of Arlington purchased a glass of homemade cider from Marion Thurston of the Paine-Elm Farm roadside stand in Concord.
June 9, 1971: One could cool off with ice cream from a bicycle vendor on the Fenway. Then there's a second way!
Aug. 11, 1972: Donna Bossi of East Boston bought fruit from William Bondanza of the North End at his Winter Street fruit stand.
Sept. 10, 1974: This popcorn vendor refueled his gas powered popper at a Columbus Avenue station before his day's work pushing the cart.
Feb. 16, 1975: "Rocky" the pretzel man peddled his wares in Chinatown at the Year of the Hare celebration.
Sept. 8, 1975: Peter Alex of Roxbury was a familiar face in Boston with his green peanut cart with red wheels.
May 10, 1980: Joe Matera, president of the Haymarket Pushcart Association, argued with Captain Richard Leary of District 1 after police arrested several Haymarket vendors. Three peddlers whose watermelon stand allegedly was blocking a fire land on North Street were arrested.
July 8, 1980: Jerry Blaylock, a merchant on Blue Hill Ave in Mattapan, weighed produce for a customer.
Aug. 8, 1980: Fortunato Veiga, 82, sold vegetables alongside her West Duxbury farm on Route 53 in Duxbury. For the past 32 years she had been up at 5 each morning to do the picking, weeding, and watering on her farm. Then she brought the vegetables to her spot near the road and sold them.
Nov. 16, 1988: Eddy Topping of Nashua, N.H., sold flowers for $3 a bunch on his roller skates at Massachusetts Avenue near Melnea Cass Boulevard during the afternoon rush hour.


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Everyone learns differently. Some prefer a classroom setting, while others like the hands-on approach. Just give me the facts, some would say, while others need context and analysis to get the whole picture. Hitting the books is one way to go, but learning on the job is another.
But, what about learning from the job? In a way, that describes the novel approach taken by NCA's Coffee Summit. Rather than sit through long presentations filled with facts, figures – and, oh yes, charts – coffee professionals convene around current topics as well as issues they bring to the table. Rather than getting textbook pablum and theory, they come away with real-time solutions to real-life issues they face in their businesses each day.
How? By participating in an interactive, collaborative setting blended with expert insights into timely industry topics. This year's Summit covers the hot-button topics of the exploding single-cup segment, the growing challenges of a sustainable supply chain, and techniques for managing risk in a volatile market.
Experts share their knowledge, but then the floor is open for professionally facilitated collaborative discussions. By sharing individual knowledge, experiences and perspectives, participants can turn the facts and figures into solutions and strategies. In other words, the learnings are filtered through the realities of business applications to yield practical, deployable solutions.
The process is deceptively simple, yet richly complex. Summit participants come from all sectors and niches along the supply chain, each bringing their unique body of knowledge, skills and approaches. Together, they can examine an issue from all angles – seeing how the problems trickle up or down or present themselves differently to professionals in different roles. In other words, the issue to a roaster may look quite different from the purview of a supplier or importer/exporter – and the solution to the problem may lie in seeing the problem in a different way.
On top of this collaboration on topical issues, the Summit also incorporates the effective technique of "open-space learning." Dedicated sessions are set aside to enable participants to bring their own "big questions" to the table to be dissected and debated by the group. In this way, that elusive solution you've been seeking for a nettling problem may emerge from collaborating with other coffee professionals who see it from a different angle. And, in the professionally facilitated sessions, groups are put together in various ways – around common questions, at random, or to achieve a cross-section of roles. Others are self-directed by participants themselves.
Past experience has shown that the format really pays off. Among attendee comments was that the format offered a chance to interface with colleagues they wouldn't ordinarily get to talk to – like a roaster sitting down with his supplier's logistics pro, or a retailer chatting with his wholesaler's packager. Participants found this intermingling to be a unique opportunity that was both an eye- and door-opening.
Other feedback noted the extraordinary networking the format allows. With multiple pairings among groups, attendees are brought into constant, rotating contact with others. One participant noted that it was the only meeting at which he got to meet every other attendee.
This year's NCA Coffee Summit takes place on October 2 – 4 at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Speakers include Ross Colbert, Global Strategist Beverages Sector at Rabobank International covering developments in the single-serve segment and Tracy Ging, Director of Sustainability at S&D Coffee, presenting on the challenges of a sustainable supply chain.
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Here's a storyboard you'll love: Investor checks out financial advisor online and likes what he sees. Investor contacts financial advisor. Investor hires financial advisor.
It's the ultimate referral engine, marking a reversal in the way investors and financial advisors historically connect. Instead of the advisor reaching out to the prospective client, it's the other way around. As Nicholas Stuller, president and CEO of AdviceIQ, puts it: "People find their roofer online, their spouse, their favorite Chinese restaurant. But their financial advisor?"
Lead generation services aren't new but technology has elevated the exercise to another level—generating consumer traffic in ways that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Most of the services—like AdviceIQ, BrightScope, My New Financial Advisor, Paladin Registry and Vestorly—are Internet-based advisor rating services or outright matchmakers. But not all.
Boulevard R in a different twist offers a Web-based marketing platform to advisors that automatically engages prospects, qualifies them and sets up a first meeting. And Advizent, a new venture from industry veterans Charles Goldman and Steve Lockshin, is in the process of creating an elite third-party seal of approval for independent advisory firms that join its cooperative. As of late last year, 145 firms with $151 billion in assets had signed up as provisional members of the start-up. Advizent hopes to be in the marketplace and presenting its story to consumers by the end of March.
"We believe we can, over time, generate referrals—many thousands, hopefully, a year," says Goldman, the former head of Schwab Advisor Services. Statistics suggest Goldman may be right. According to Advizent, five million affluent investors currently use social media to research their financial decisions. Almost three-quarters are on LinkedIn and more than half follow discussion boards. Just over one-quarter use Facebook and Twitter.
"The numbers indicate there's real opportunity to communicate with these folks," adds Goldman. "It's the question all the different models out there are trying to figure out. Everybody is making the same bet at the end of the day that they are able to communicate with investors."
Michael Kitces, publisher of The Kitces Report and director of research at Pinnacle Advisory Group in Columbia, Md., has blogged extensively about the new line-up in the lead generation space. "The reality is the model of creating leads and passing them on to advisors has existed for as long as we've had financial services. But technology has created new pathways," he notes. "There's a lot more opportunity to create some scale by doing it in this environment because we can reach a whole lot more people. Certainly, you see a shift in that direction. It's a really efficient platform."
What's driving the trend? Two things, according to Kitces.
"The fundamental issue is advisors want to grow their business but they have no idea how to get to prospective clients," he says. "Advisors are overwhelmingly horrible marketers." And while piles of industry reports say referrals from clients and centers of influence are responsible for most new business, Kitces observes that it is "very unclear whether those referrals are due to best practices or because advisors are horrible at every other form of marketing and referrals are the only thing left."
Shopping for Advice
What makes the current crop of third-party firms so interesting is that the starting point of the engagement isn't the advisor but the consumer.
"The consumer is looking for someone to stand up for them. They are looking for a trusted brand," says Goldman. "We will market to that consumer."
The firms are deploying a range of strategies to reach the consumer. And the space is new enough that there is a lot of variability in the pricing structure. Pricing—the cost to the advisor—is pretty much all over the map.
Paladin Registry, which launched in 2004, is the elder statesman of the group. The online directory represents 1,200 fiduciary advisors who have been screened for ethics, business practices, services and credentials. As for the consumer, 40% who visit Paladin are using the Internet to find their first advisor. The other 60% are looking to replace an advisor. On average, clients have $400,000 in available assets for investment, according to Jack Waymire, the registry's founder.
To draw the consumer in, Paladin markets its advisor rating service on various websites including its own InvestorWatchdog.com. It also uses social media and search engine optimization to generate traffic. Waymire says investors who visit the registry like it because they can research an advisor while maintaining their anonymity.
The registry has a month-to-month contract with advisors, typically charging from $175 to $275 per month. Only 800 advisors in the registry are signed up to receive for referrals. (In a case where there are two partners, just one pays for the higher cost membership associated with referrals—then the two split referrals as they come in.) The site produces 1,200 qualified referrals a month. One of Paladin's weaknesses historically is that the bulk of its advisors are located in the top 25 metro areas. At the moment, Paladin is trying to make inroads in smaller cities like Anchorage, Omaha and Albuquerque.
Waymire doesn't think third-party prospecting will go mainstream but that it will continue to capture the attention of advisors who are comfortable with Internet marketing and like it for its sort of passive appeal. "Most of the traditional forms of referral-based marketing are relatively expensive and time-consuming," he adds. "This way you don't have to do direct marketing, join the clubs or meet with CPAs. You can just do what you do best: working with your clients."
Scott Noyes, a financial advisor for 30 years, founded Noyes Capital Management in New Vernon, N.J., nine years ago. He serves 54 families representing $65 million in assets under management. One of his first challenges was answering the question: How will prospects find me? So in addition to personal networking, Noyes, 56, turned to Paladin and a couple of other lead generation services.
"When I look back at where my clients came from, 30% probably came through Paladin or someone like Paladin. When you do it over time, it adds up. If I get one referral a month I'm pleased. At least you are getting a warm pre-qualified lead instead of looking for a phone call," says Noyes, who has a $500,000 minimum. "It's not just an automatic handing you of clients. You've got to work for them and compete. But it does get you in the door. How else do you get in the door? Mailings for me haven't worked at all. You can do seminars but that is buying people a lot of meals for, hopefully, one live one. It's not a be-all, end-all, but it's helpful."
Emerging Models
Three other services that are getting a lot of buzz: AdviceIQ, Boulevard R and, because of its pedigree and price point, Advizent. Each could not be more different from the next.
Since launching in the fall of 2011, AdviceIQ has endorsed 2,400 advisors and reached out to consumers by way, of all things, old-fashioned journalism. The firm nationally distributes three compliance-approved articles a day written mostly by member advisors. It also ranks advisors. AdviceIQ's Stuller calls it public relations and digital branding that will help to convert prospects while serving as a reputation management tool when it comes to existing clients.
"It accelerates what happens in nature," he says. "Investors need to be educated and drawn in. Our model is to go where the eyeballs are. When prospective clients hear of you and see you on independent journalism sites (like Morningstar, Online Investor and Motley Fool) it will accelerate that process of hiring you."
AdviceIQ costs $995 a year and, notably, vetted advisors don't have to contribute news articles in order to use the "AdviceIQ Certified" tagline. They do, however, get the benefit of using archived articles royalty-free and their contact information also pops up, thanks to geo-charting technology, when a consumer in search of an advisor referral throws out his or her zip code.
Boulevard R, meanwhile, launched this past spring a tablet version of AMP, a financial planning software tool that helps advisors quickly engage and qualify prospects. In this case, the advisor does the initial legwork by staging a presentation or event. The advisor, presenting to say 10 couples, would give each one an iPad or Android tablet and have them create, basically, a mini financial plan. The outcome?
"Now the advisor has 20 highly qualified individuals who are already engaged. The tool provides a lot of intelligence," notes Matt Iverson, a director of Boulevard R. "If you can engage people, whoever attended that meeting is much more inclined to follow up with the advisor. It's not rocket science. The software is pretty complex but the whole interaction process is really simple."
Boulevard R charges $97 a month for AMP. Apple's leasing arm, according to Iverson, rents out 10 iPads for $160 a month. "I think the financial services industry is always a little slow to adopt. But those advisors who are willing to embrace technology in the next five years can really enhance how they engage people," he adds. "Costs will continue to drop and you'll be able to do it for larger and larger groups. Imagine getting in front of a workforce of 50 people. It's a great opportunity to engage prospects in a new way."
With Advizent, Goldman hopes to take referral-gathering into uncharted territory. The firm's third-party seal of approval will be subject to the strictest of standards, and advisors will be audited annually. On-site audits will take place every other year. On average, Advizent is looking for million-dollar clients. Membership ranges from $25,000 to $100,000.
"The most important thing you need to be able to say to the consumer is that the advisors you are referring truly are better. What we are doing is creating a trusted brand with standards that need to be relevant and understood by the consumer," Goldman says. "Our mission is to empower consumers through education and access to true fiduciary service."
Advizent will use tools like search engine optimization, social media and Web advertising to reach consumers as part of its public relations campaign.
"This isn't just a simple website we're throwing up. We will concierge the consumer the whole way through—connecting them with the right advisor and making the first appointment. That's what investors want," he adds. "Not much has actually happened in our industry in terms of creating new clients ever. It's pretty much been hand to hand combat. We believe there are consumers out there, both affluent and high net worth, who are interested in a new approach."


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Times are tough for newspaper executives.
The newspaper industry's woes were highlighted once again last week when The New York Times Company posted a quarterly loss from continuing operations and announced that it would have to write down the value of some of its assets by over $100m.
The company's stock slid to its lowest level in more than 15 years and Standard & Poor's cut the company's debt rating to junk.
As the global economic crisis deepens and the Times' financial position declines, the future of one of the world's most prominent newspaper companies looks quite uncertain.
The industry-wide drop in print revenue continues to be fast and furious and there is no end in sight.
But as much as the doom and gloom about the newspaper industry is very much justified, there are some small bright spots if you look hard enough.
According to the Newspaper Association of America, which analyzed data from Nielsen Online, 41% of US internet users visited newspaper websites in the third quarter. This amounts to 68.3mn unique visitors.
As Erik Sass of MediaPost's MediaDailyNews blog points out, "these figures are records not only for the third quarter of the year, but any quarter measured since 2004."
Other important metrics, such as pageviews, pageviews per visitor, visit duration and visits per person are all at record highs as well.
While the election cycle in the US certainly has something to do with this, it's quite clear that newspapers are more than capable of competing online.
As Sass observes:
"This good news for newspapers suggests they are well-positioned vis-à-vis online competitors, leveraging their editorial authority and reputations to attract large audiences of Internet users."
Of course, if that's all there was to it, newspapers wouldn't be in the situation they're in.
So what gives?
The big problem is that despite all of the gains newspapers have made online, online revenue is not only not offsetting print revenue declines, it's not keeping up with the record growth in online readership.
In essence, newspapers are faced with an unusual situation - the demand for their product has arguably never been higher but the size of the market in terms of revenue is shrinking.
So what are newspapers to do? There are no easy answers here.
As I mentioned previously:
"Today's business environment is going to force most newspapers to adjust their business models and the way they operate. The days of massive return on investment are probably gone and while the current losses look scary, that's partly due to the fact that newspapers have not yet fully retooled their old 'infrastructures' for the environment they find themselves in."
If newspapers could wipe out all their debt and retool overnight for the internet age, there's no doubt that they'd adopt different business models.
The challenge, as I see it, however, is that the great content that is attracting visitors to newspaper websites in record numbers is produced by the newspapers' print-focused operations, which, of course, was built around print-driven revenue.
If we accept that, realistically, there's no way that online revenue can offset the massive decline in print revenue, we're faced with a Catch 22.
The simple fact is that newspapers are still one of the best sources of reliable (if not totally unbiased) news we have today. Although some bloggers love to celebrate the downfall of the newspaper, the reality is that the vast majority of bloggers simply regurgitate news that is developed by newspapers and other "big media" outlets (and some simply copy and paste what is provided to them). Blogs are not taking readers away from newspapers, but changing economics are taking revenue away from newspapers.
So how do newspapers continue to bring us the news in a fashion that works when the business models that previously supported this don't?
That's the $64,000 question.
I can't help but observe some irony in all this. Newspaper executives are increasingly finding themselves in a position where they're facing the same problem many new media executives are facing – how do you turn popular content that most consumers would prefer not to pay for into profit?
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I guess one of the difficulties is running the organization for both the print version and the online version. For the first you have the print deadlines every evening, for the other you have to deliver constantly. The old-time reporters cannot manage the new online news stream requirements and the young only care for the online. So you get the big costs of a scisofrenic organization.
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While I was rearranging my bookshelves the other day, I happened upon a few bound issues of American Cookery Magazine from the 1940s. Originally published as The Boston Cooking-School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics, the magazine was founded in June of 1896 by noted author Janet Mckenzie Hill who had previously graduated from The Boston Cooking School in 1892 under Fannie Farmer. The title changed to American Cookery in 1914 and twice again before ceasing publication in 1947.
The earliest copy I have of The Boston Cooking-School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics, is from February of 1902. I'm always on the lookout for more issues, hint, hint:)
What drew my attention to this particular bound issue was a strip of paper that I had inserted in it as a bookmark. I do that a lot when I'm researching. I was just about to pull it out and set the book tidy on the shelf when I took a quick glance at the page. Perfect, I thought. Perhaps, my readers will now see that long before I, and others, were making claims for National so and so month, day, and week, there were hawkers before us.
Picking and plucking at other bits of paper book markers, I found this headline appropriate for today's Cookbook Party post. A contest.
A few issues later, a winning recipe from Clear Lake, Minnesota!
I should note, American Cookery Magazine is in no way related to the first American cookbook published in 1796 by Amelia Simmons. That dear readers is a story to be celebrated another day.
Cookbook Party: Week ThreeWow! This was the week to enter the Cookbook Party give-away if ever there was one. Just look at these delicious odds. (can you tell I've done a bit of gambling in my time:)
Cookie MonthAny Paula Deen fans out there? I have a sneaky feeling there are. Well then, check out #3 Pam's Chocolate Chip Coffee Cookies recipe from Paula Deen Celebrates! Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life.
Cool Food For Kids#7 Marjie is a woman of amazing talents! I've dubbed her The Butcher, The Baker, the Candlestick Maker, of Pennsylvania sheerly because of her innate ability to adapt to any and all circumstances. It should come as no surprise that her entry would go under the category of Cool Food For Kids. She's also a home schooler! The boys "gobbled" up her Cinnamon Oat Rolls and never even realized they were not only delicious but "healthy" too!
Cranberry MonthDid you ever bounce a cranberry? No, I haven't gone totally "batty" because Halloween is around the corner. Cranberries bounce. It's a fact. There's only one hitch. They only bounce when they are happy. And they are only happy when they are fresh!!! That's why the "Craneberry" was once know as the Bounceberry. Now, quick, go grab some of #5 Inger's Cranberry Bread. it's a recipe right out of Beard on Bread so you know it's got to be dee...li...cious!
Dessert MonthIf I've said it once I'll say it again, Stressed spelled backwards equals Desserts! I can't help it, I just think Palindromes are so cool. And so are these desserts!
Heavenly Espresso-Cinnamon Cup Custard from our #2 entry from Joyce. Seriously, how tempting is this? Joyce has been an enthusiastic participant in the Cookbook Party and I thank her:)
Trisha #4 has also been gung ho about the Cookbook Party and the cornucopia of celebrations in the month of October. She sent this dessert recipe in from the Pumpkin Lovers Cookbook for Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. This recipe for Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars begins with a pound cake mix and sweetened condensed milk. Just my style!
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria! Gloria #6 is such a devoted fan of the Cookbook Party, she pulled this adorable dessert together while recuperating from a tough week. And look, it's White Chocolate Mousse in Ice Cream Cones! They sure do bring out the child in me. What about you???
Pork MonthAt first glance, #1 Erica's Rolled Oat Goodies may appear as golden as a freshly fried frond of bacon. There's a reason for that. There's also an answer to why these golden goodies are listed under Pork Month. Go check them out and report back, lol...
Cookbook Party Related Posts & UpdatesNot a bad round-up for this week! Once again, everything looks so delectable, I don't know where to start. However, all good things must come to an end. So, let's get those cookbook recipes a flying right into my mail box and take October to new culinary heights!!! I already have the first entry for the last week. It just came in as I was preparing this post. There's also another on the way from across the pond. I have a feeling it's going to be a devilicious week to be having a Blogoversary Cookbook Party!!! I better dig out that music!!!
For ease of navigation, I have listed posts that have anything to do with the party with a brief description.
1. It's a Surprise!
This is a list of October celebrations much like the one in the left sidebar except this list includes links to the "sponsors" of the respective event.
2. It's a Cookbook Party
The invitation to the Cookbook Party can be found here. It also includes the infamous "rules."
3. Cookbook Party Entries Week One
We had a cornucopia of delicious entries for the party in the first week. Go see...
4. Preview of Give-away Cookbooks.
I've always been terrible at keeping a secret when it comes to cookbooks. So, these are the books which I will be giving away. One each week for the month of October. If it isn't October 31, 2011 yet, you still have time to join!
5. October Cider Cake and Cookbook Party Entries Week Two.
The Cider Cake alone is worth a visit. Oh no, don't be silly, I didn't actually bake it. The recipe comes from the Southern Heritage Cookbook. And, if you thought Week One had some unique and delicious entries, Week Two has even more!One more thing before I bid you goodnight. Tomorrow is the day Sarah Josepha Hale was born in 1788. If you haven't heard her name before, it's probably because she is hidden in the depths of Thanksgiving Day. You see, She Helped Give Us Thanksgiving. The following article is only the first two paragraphs of a rather lengthy tribute to Sarah Hale printed in the November 1941 issue of American Cookery Magazine. The article is filled with the fascinating history on how she never gave up hope on having Thanksgiving proclaimed as a national day of thanks. I plan on posting the article in its entirety Thanksgiving week this year. Stay tuned...
|Each year at Thanksgiving time everyone quite properly honors the memories of the Pilgrim Fathers who gave the original idea, and of Abraham Lincoln, who made it a national affair. But another and equally important influence seldom receives sufficient recognition--Sarah Josepha Hale, remembered as the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, but infrequently recalled as the woman who put Thanksgiving Day into every American home.
Mrs. Hale's earliest ambition, she said was twofold: "to promote the reputation of my own sex and to do something for my country." These purposes are evident in all the accomplishments of her extraordinarily busy life. An enthusiastic advocate of higher education for girls, a hearty supporter of legislation to protect women's rights, she used her position as editor of one of America's most influential magazines in a way that benefitted "her own sex and her own country" throughout her long and crowded career...


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4-H Funds, Fundraising and Fees
A. Funds raised on behalf of 4-H must be consistent with the mission, goals, and philosophy of the 4-H program, and must not restrict or limit further fundraising activities.
ĀĀĀ * 4-H members and leaders may participate in fund raising in the name of 4-H with the approval of their district Extension agent when the funds raised are to be used for legitimate 4-H activities.
ĀĀĀ * Fundraisers are for 4-H programs, activities, club groups, projects, etc.
ĀĀĀ * District CES agents must approve fund raising in the name of 4-H in their districts prior to the raising of funds.
ĀĀĀ * Fundraising must not be used to endorse a particular business or product.
ĀĀĀ * Funds are not to be raised in the name of a particular individual (4-H member or leader).
ĀĀĀ * Fundraisers are for programs, activities, club groups, projects, etc. (Exceptions may be made by the district 4-H agent when a fund raiser is to help provide medical assistance for a needy person or similar service goal).
ĀĀĀ * Scholarships may be given to a 4-H club or council for the use of named individuals to attend 4-H sanctioned events, etc. with the approval of the District 4-H Agent.
ĀĀĀ * Funds and properties raised in the name of 4-H become the property of 4-H (4-H funds are not the property of the individuals who may have helped raise the funds).
B. Sales of equipment, etc. through a 4-H club must be at cost or the profit from sales must go to a 4-H.
ĀĀĀ * Anything over the amount a 4-H leader pays for materials or equipment which is collected from 4-H members must go to 4-H.
ĀĀĀ * When raising 4-H funds using 4-H members and adult volunteers there must be a definite objective or use for the funds which is understood by those raising the funds and explained to the public.
C. Club funds should be carefully accounted for and used in the furtherance of the 4-H program. Accumulation of club funds beyond immediate program needs is restricted by federal tax regulation.
D. District CES Agents shall oversee all district and 4-H club bank accounds and trust funds within their district when the designated 4-H Tax Exempt number has been used. A yearly report of accounts over $100 shall be submitted through the District CES Agent to the State 4-H Program Leader.
E. The district agent, state 4-H office, or University of Alaska may require a report or audit of the financial records of a 4-H club by giving two weeks written notice to the club.
F. 4-H Leaders may not charge a fee for their services as a part of a 4-H club. If they have a private business they must keep that activity separate from their 4-H activity.
G. 4-H Clubs may charge an activity fee to cover the cost of equipment, materials and supplies, trips, or to pay an instructor. If a fee is charged, it must be well understood by the youth and their parents what the money is being used for. Careful records must be maintained of all activity fees and a report (audit) provided to the district 4-H agent in October of each year.
H. When a club disbands the monies in the club treasury shall be returned to the district 4-H program, given to another 4-H club, or placed in the 4-H Fund of the University of Alaska Foundation. No restrictions shall be placed on the use of the funds being transferred.
I. When a club decides to split into two or more clubs the original club treasury shall be split between the new clubs in proportion to the number of youth transferring to each club.
J. A 4-H membership registration fee is currently collected yearly from each youth who joins 4-H in the State of Alaska. This fee may be waived by the district 4-H Agent in individual cases for good cause. The fee varies from district to district.


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Talking to Your Health Care Provider About HIV Treatment Adherence Issues
A Doctor's Office Discussion Guide
September 1, 2011
Keeping up with your HIV medications is your responsibility, but it's not a burden you have to bear alone. One of the most important allies you can have is your own HIV care provider (HCP) -- the person who prescribes your meds, keeps track of your lab tests and is your go-to person on HIV-related medical issues.
We realize that, if you're doing things that hurt your ability to adhere to your HIV treatment, your HCP won't always feel like the easiest person to confide in. How can you tell your doc that you missed your daily pill because you were out partying way too hard to even remember, much less care enough, to take it? How do you admit to a nurse that you're so embarrassed by a diarrhea side effect that you decided to skip a dose in the hope that you wouldn't have to suddenly run out of an important meeting?
It's often not easy to trust. But if you want your treatment to work, you and your health care team have to work as partners. The more your team knows about any problems you might have with adherence -- all of your problems -- the more likely it is that they can help. You don't have to do this alone.
Here's how you can do your part.
Before Non-Adherence Becomes a Problem:
If Your Treatment Fails:
Keeping up with your HIV meds is so much easier when you have an HCP you can trust; someone you can be open and honest with about your concerns and your problems. The tips above can help, but above all else, the most important piece of this puzzle is you. HIV treatment is literally a matter of life and death, and you have to be ready for the commitment -- you have to want it to work.
If you're not 100 percent on board with the idea of taking meds every day, talk to someone who can help you get there: your HCP, a case manager, a local HIV support group, someone you can trust. Millions of people successfully take their HIV meds despite facing huge obstacles; you can find a way to make this work.
Myles Helfand is the editorial director of TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D., is the executive medical director of Rocky Mountain CARES, a comprehensive nonprofit HIV service organization in Denver, Colo. Dr. Young is also a regular contributor in our "Ask the Experts" forum on Choosing Your Meds.
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Americans love their beef, but with prices expected to remain high for the next few years and other options plentiful, their loyalities might be challenged.
Average retail prices of beef have climbed from $4.18 per pound in July 2009 to $4.44 per pound last July, a change largely due to a tight supply of cattle.
Ranchers and feedlots have reduced supplies in response in large part due to rising prices of corn and soybeans fed to cattle, economists said.
"You've got a whole bunch of things coming together and it's driving all meat prices higher," said Ken Mathews, an agricultural economist with the research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Beef is the highest price of the meats so that's the one that gets the notice."
Cattle producers "took it on the chin" the past several years, Texas A&M University livestock economist David Anderson said, "and the response to that economically is to produce less because you're losing money."
The poultry and pork industries are poised to fill the gap, which ultimately could cause beef prices to drop. Consumption of poultry _ chicken and turkey _ is forecast to climb by 8.4 percent to 107.9 pounds per person, by 2019, according to the USDA.
"It puts beef in a difficult demand situation longer term," Anderson said.
The USDA projected per capita consumption of beef would drop through 2014 _ to 56.2 pounds _ as beef production continues to lag.
For now, said Anderson, consumers dealing with a lingering recession are choosing hamburger over steak because it costs less, though demand for ground beef has raised its price, Anderson said.
The report predicts that by 2019 per capita consumption will rebound to 58.4 pounds. That's still nearly 36 pounds less than in 1976 when per capita consumption reached an all-time high of 94.3 pounds.
Although U.S. demand for beef has been soft, cattle producers have seen exports climb toward levels not seen since a mad cow disease scare in 2003.
U.S exports worldwide this year through August are up 16 percent, compared to the same eight-month period in 2009, according to figures from the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
Japan and South Korea _ two of the biggest customers for U.S. beef _ are helping fuel the demand. In the first eight months of this year exports to Japan's are up 26 percent over the same period in 2009 and South Korea's are up 131 percent.
After years of dealing with drought and rising cost of grains to feed their animals, ranchers are recouping their losses through exports and higher domestic prices.
Producers see they're able to get more for their animals at market and that's contributing to them selling cows.
"It just makes me feel pretty good," said Jim McAdams, a fourth generation Texas rancher and former president of the Denver-based National Cattlemen's Beef Association. "I'm very happy."
Forecasts call for beef prices to remain high as production remain flat or declines as the cattle industry continues to recover from four years of being in the red.
"I think it could be into 2012" before producers begin to build their herds again, Anderson said. "The reason I say that is the industry has continued to reduce the size of their herds."
The U.S. Agriculture Department announced the smallest July 1 total inventory on record, confirming expectations that cattle producers were continuing to cull their herds while auction prices were strong. In January, the size of the U.S. herd _ cattle and calves _ was 93.7 million, down 1 percent from the 94.5 million the previous year.
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Whether you're cooking it, eating it, growing it, or reading about it, food brings people together. Welcome to #BittmanTopics: a place where we can all share ideas about a different food-related topic each month. In case you missed the first installment, here's how it works, and here's what we talked about in April.
For many of us, May is a transitional month: it starts as spring and ends around Memorial Day, often with heat and humidity. Grills are coming out of hibernation; I'd like to hear what you're doing about that.
There is nothing more iconic than the burger, and there's no denying that the grilled burger is pretty tasty. But there are lots of ways to venture beyond the basic, whether you're doing it for taste or because the true cost of a cheeseburger is so high. You don't even need meat: I've been doing the less-meatarian thing for a while now (and even wrote a book on it), and most of these 101 fast recipes for grilling are vegetarian. Have a look.
Meanwhile, what's your favorite—or most unexpected—thing to throw on the grill? How do you cook vegetables outside? Do you cut back on meat when you're grilling, or go (forgive me) whole hog? Whether you're a grillmaster or a first-timer, join us this month on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or in the comments below with #BittmanTopics. And keep an eye out for details about a tweetchat, which I'll be hosting later this month thanks to Natalie Shrock's suggestion on Facebook.


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A trip down memory lane, cable cars
How do you know what was your favorite Christmas past? I would like to say mine was Dec. 25, 1992, that was the last one we had with our son, for on Nov. 23, 1993, our son, Chuck was taken from us in a car accident.
As a boy growing up in Williamstown with my two brothers, Christmas was special whether it was just us with Mom and Dad or visiting family in Cincinnati with all the city lights and the cable cars going passed my aunt and uncles house on Highland Avenue.
I grew up in the 1940's and 50's, when the classrooms were decorated with cedar trees and we each drew names and played games in the classroom.
I asked my wife the other night, if she remembered the first time she ever saw Santa, she said, "No, but I bet you do."
I answered saying, "yes." It was on Warsaw Avenue in Dry Ridge. I was probably 4 or 5 when Santa came in. I was so scared I hid behind the couch.
I hold all the past Christmases special and especially the 21 years we had with our son. Like all little boys, Chuck loved electric trains and race tracks and I enjoyed playing them with Chucky.
Krystie came along when Chucky was 12, and he loved her because he always wanted a brother or sister.
Christmas isn't the same since our son's accident, but I thank God for all the memories of Christmases past and especially the 20 with our son.
When I come home to Williamstown, I don't see empty store fronts. I can see it the way it was growing up there.
We lived across from the mill on the edge of town. The bank sits there now. From our house I went passed Stewart's Grocery, then the fire station and Skinner's Furniture and on passed the pool hall and the Grant County News office. Bennett's Department Store was on the corner and across the street, Wigginton's Department Store. Then there was the Bank of Williamstown and the Grant County Bank. Lucas Drug Store was next and served also as the bus stop. J.B. Miller's drug store had the best double dip ice cream. On the next corner was Western Auto, where if you walk to the back, you got to visit Santa Claus. Along here was Stanley's Funeral Home. Hullett's Hardware was next and they had all kinds of Christmas decorations.
There was the dry cleaners and Engles Jewelery Store. Then Firestone Department Store and the theater, where you could see movies all day for 25 cents and the telephone office and the D.H. Restaurant (where I worked from sixth grade until I graduated) were next to it. There was also two garages and the Baptist church and Christian church down the street. Our school had grades one through high school; I went there 13 years, because I failed second grade.
We had a Kroger's next to Caldwell's Electric, Valentine's dime store, which I visited a lot. Owen Glass's barber shop, then Fred Whaley's, where I got my hair cut.
Another grocery store was Snells, as well as Litts Department Store, Hotel Donald and the courthouse, Standard Oil, Juett's Hardware, Clark's Service Station where I met Louie Jump, working there and next to the mill, across the street is where I lived.
I hope you all relived the memories of our town. I know I will never forget. Merry Christmas.
Charles Kearns
Edmondson's Grocery, the best place for Christmas candy
Growing up in a small community created many wonderful holiday memories. From Christmas caroling, shopping with the local merchants in town. I can remember shopping for that perfect gift for my parents on streets safe enough to walk alone while my father enjoyed a cup of coffee at Mulberry's.
My favorite childhood Christmas memory; however, was our annual trip to Edmondson's Grocery for the candy. My father and I would go and come home with chocolate covered peanuts, colorful coconut candy and hard Christmas candy. I can remember the peanut clusters, my mother's favorite was the orange slices and Daddy's favorite was peanut brittle. We would bring the candy home and Mom would put it all into candy jars and how pretty it was. I was fortunate as a child and always had great Christmases, but my favorite part will always be going with Daddy to buy the candy. Thanks, Mom and Dad.
Shelia Madesberry Carr
The doll of my dreams
I was 16-years-old, when I saw the most beautiful doll in the window at Mr. Caldwell's Western Auto store in Williamstown. I went right inside and also saw a little set of china play dishes! I told Harold, who was my boyfriend, about the doll and he got her for me. He and I were married July 16, 1955. My brother, now deceased, bought me the little dishes instead of the underwear he always bought for all of us, his sisters, at Christmas.
That was 52 years ago. My doll finally lost her arms and legs and I had to give her up. It was made of rubber and it dry-rotted. My little dishes are still in the cedar chest in my bedroom. I get them out every now and then just to look at them.
My son, Billy, came to us on Christmas Eve at 11:40 p.m. weighing in at 5 pounds and 14.5 ounces, so that was a blessing in place of my doll! He's a doll, a wonder son. Christmas 1959 was great. He is 50 and the dishes are 52-years-old. Thank you for reading and I wish you and your's a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Anna Pelfrey
Dry Ridge
Christmas is time to celebrate Christ
My best Christmas memory was spending time with my parents and brother and sister, and being around our cedar tree.
I'm glad our parents told us it was the Savior Jesus Christ's birthday. I think we retired Santa Claus and his wife to heaven, where they could celebrate Jesus' birthday with him in person.
Can you see all the candles that Jesus would have to blow out? The ones in heaven are with Jesus on his birthday. You know, we can't send them a card or give them a gift, but they're in a better place than we are.
I'm glad my parents didn't go to extremes buying us gifts for Christmas—it's Jesus' birthday. Jesus was brought here on Earth for a reason. You can keep Jesus in your heart throughout the year, and think about what he had done for us. Can you stop and think about the pain Jesus went through when he was dying on the cross for us? I wish he did not have to die. Can you think of yourself being Jesus?
I wish he was here today, this world would be different. I'd make sure Jesus had bodyguards around him. Just think of Jesus at Christmas, and think of why he was here and the pain he went through for us on that cross.
Sherry Hornsby Tillet
Dry Ridge
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I was desperately trying to find a replacement fabric the other day for a solid cotton chintz that was originally going to cost me $8.95 per yard – a deal that's hard to beat. I placed the order thinking this was too good to be true and then received the dreaded call.."The fabric came in and there are multiple flaws..and this is the last of it b/c it has been discontinued." Low and behold, it was too good to be true. So my search for a substitute began and the best i could come up with was three times the price. This was not going to fly with my client. Just as I was about to throw in the towel and break the bad news to my client, it hit me. Mood! You've seen it thousands of times on Project Runway and I've always thought of it as a fabric source for fashion but they've got a huge selection of home decor fabrics as well. And it doesn't stop there..you can find trims and pillow forms with just about any fill (down, polyester and environmentally friendly). My search for the perfect substitute was over and Mood Fabrics is now a go to source for just about anything.
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Organizations: RMC Health, Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).
Amount Requested for 3 ½ years
- RMC Health – $4,932,319
- CDPHE – in kind from Coordinated School Health Co-Director
RMC Health, CDE and CDPHE will collaborate to implement a dynamic, statewide process to address childhood obesity within schools. The Coordinated School Health (CSH) model, promoted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a framework for schools to implement effective strategies using school health teams within schools to assess their school needs and address them collaboratively. Through this process, the Colorado Health Foundation's measurable Healthy Living outcomes will be addressed.
The overall goal of the evaluation is to assess and show evidence of Healthy Schools Colorado on improving nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease management using the CSH model.
Desired Result
|Increased physical activity
|Increased healthy meals
|Increased fruit and vegetable consumption and healthy vending
|Increased chronic disease management
Data Tracking and Reporting System
Current data tracking and monitoring systems will be expanded and strengthened through the following activities:
- Performance indicators will be established for nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease
- A school-level "Healthy School Report Card" will be created for schools to track their performance related to nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease
- A web-enabled tracking system will be created that facilitates the ability of participating schools to report changes across health performance areas
RMC Health will:
- Provide a grant program to five districts/regions for three years to utilize the CSH Model focusing on physical activity and nutrition.
- Provide professional development to district and regional coordinators to implement CSH in at least 10-15 local schools per district/region.
- Provide technical assistance to district and region coordinators and their school teams to implement, evaluate and sustain their coordinated school health efforts.
- Provide training to district and region coordinators to address specific needs such as policy development, program sustainability, and evaluating results.
CDE will:
- Develop a cadre of five regional trainers for 800 physical education to provide professional development to PE teachers in the five districts/regions and neighboring districts.
- Develop a cadre of eight regional chronic disease management "resource" nurses to provide professional development to 300 school nurses in the five districts/regions and neighboring districts.
- Provide annual intensive trainings for the cadre of trainers at a CDE Summer Institute.
- Create a Healthy Schools Report Card based on input from school leaders across the state
Our Partners
Helpful Publications and Materials
- Healthy Schools Colorado (PPT)
- Parents Support Healthy School Environments (PDF)
- The CDE Cadre of Trainers (DOC)
- Physical Inactivity and Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors (PDF)
For more information, please contact
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Consensus Report
A Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Federal Principles and Guidelines Water Resources Planning Document (2010)Water Science and Technology Board
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Proposed revisions to the 1983 principles and guidelines that guide federal water resources project planning studies need greater clarity and consistency to effectively aid federal decision makers, according to a National Research Council report.
Many changes in the national water resources planning landscape have occurred since the original document was issued. Planning methods and principles have evolved. New factors -- from better scientific understanding of aquatic ecosystems to increased cost-sharing requirements for local project co-sponsors -- affect water resources management decisions. The revised document must also address the requirements of the large range of modern systems and functions -- locks and dams, levees, navigation channels, ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, watershed protection, and water supply.
The Council on Environmental Quality issued the proposed revisions in 2009, in response to a congressional request that the "Principles and Guidelines" be updated.
Key Messages
- General planning principles, steps, and concepts, as revised, could be part of a planning process. However, the principles are abstract and inconsistent, and the proposed planning steps are confusing and do not support practical implementation. The proposed revisions thus have only limited value as policy guidance and are inadequate as an operational, or "decision," document. As the Council on Environmental Quality proceeds with further revisions and provides more specific program guidance, these applications may become more clear.
- The distinctions among objectives, principles, and standards in the proposed revisions are not clear, and the relationship among them is not maintained through the document.
- The proposed revisions carry over concepts, advice, and language from historical practices that are not fully consistent with contemporary best practices in decision science and economics.
- The proposed revisions will apply to the traditional federal water project construction agencies: the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Natural Resources Conservation Service). Other federal agencies to which the document will apply, as well as specific programs, studies, and projects, are not clear.